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Congratulations to each of the following RI-MUHC investigators:

Sasha Bernatsky, who received the Knowledge Translation (KT) Practice Award, sponsored by Amgen Canada, from The Arthritis Alliance of Canada. This prize recognizes a contribution to arthritis research in Canada that increases the application and uptake of evidence to bridge research-practice gaps.

Lucy Gilbert and Kris Jardon, whose work in cancer research with MUHC colleague Xing Zeng was judged one of the 10 top discoveries of 2018 by Québec Science magazine. The team developed a non-invasive test to detect the presence of mutations in ovarian and uterine cells, allowing doctors to act before the illness gets worse and becomes incurable.

Carolyn Freeman, who received the 2018 Physics in Medicine & Biology (PMB)citations prize. This prize recognizes the PMB paper that received the most citations in the preceding five years. Collaborating with her on this paper were senior author Issam El Naqa (University of Michigan) and first author Martin Vallières, a postdoctoral fellow supervised by Jan Seuntjens at the RI-MUHC.

George Thanassoulis, awarded the 2018 John J. Day M.D. award of excellence from the Heart and Stroke Foundation. This award of excellence in research is granted annually to the researcher from McGill University who received the highest evaluation in the grant-in-aid competition in cardiovascular research.

Ernest Seidman, honoured by an international symposium held at the RI-MUHC.

Donald Sheppard, the only Canadian among 78 physician-scientists inducted into the American Society for Clinical Investigation in 2018.

Donald Vinh, recipient of the 2018 Outreach Award from the McGill University Health Centre.

Donald Vinh, recipient of the 2018 Department of Medicine Early Career Staff Research Award from the McGill University Health Centre.

Jeff Wiseman, who, with the LEADS Partnership, was awarded the 2017 Outstanding International Research Collaboration Award sponsored by the American Education Research Association Technology, Cognition and Learning Special Interest Group.

—published September 18, 2018

Congratulations to each of the following RI-MUHC investigators:

Dr. Nancy Braverman, whose lab team won the 4th annual Lumira-AmorChem KNOCK OUT Event in Quebec City on December 6, 2017, and qualified for $500K financing from AmorChem.

Dr. Stella Daskalopoulou, laureate of the 2017 John J. Day Award of Excellence from the Heart & Stroke Foundation, Quebec.

Dr. Alan Evans, awarded a Senate of Canada 150 medal for his commitment to advancement in Alzheimer's disease and palliative care research.*

Dr. Nada Jabado, who was appointed to the Canadian Institutes of Health Research Governing Council in December 2017.

Dr. Emily McDonald, who received the 2017 New Investigator Award from the Canadian Society of Internal Medicine for her work on over-diagnosis and over-treatment of venous thromboembolic disease.

Dr. Madhukar Pai and his team, awarded support from Grand Challenges Canada for pioneering work to improve the diagnosis of TB in children under the age of 15. Grand Challenges Canada named the team as one of the top 20 Canadian ideas to improve maternal and child health.